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East Asia
A North Korean vehicle carries a missile during a mass military parade
In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has moved a missile…
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South Asia
Villagers showcase Indian rural arts and craft traditions at a Delhi festival
Villagers of Mubarakpur of Azamgarh District show the handmade sarees at the Festival of Rural Art and Craft of Azamgarh in New Delhi, capital of India, April 4, 2013. The 3-day festival in New Delhi will showcase the arts and craft traditions of three villages in Azamgarh District – Hariharpur…
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East Asia
Red Cross officials and students plant trees in NK’s reforesting campaign
Red Cross officials and North Korean students dig holes on a mountain to plant young trees during an event by the Red Cross Society in Ryongchol-ri, Kujang County, North Phyongan Province, North Korea, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Koreans have been carrying out tree-planting campaigns in line with leader Kim…
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South Asia
Rescue workers look for trapped people at a collapsed building in Mumbai
People gather as rescue workers look for trapped people after a building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013. At least thirty persons were killed and twenty missing, according to a Press Trust of India report. <AP Photo>
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South East Asia
Indonesian children collect waste goods as an aid program announced
Children collect waste goods of Eva Sindoro which burned out a few weeks ago at Sunda Kelapa Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2013. Australia will give Indonesia an additional 99 million Australian dollar over the next two years to help boost the its flagship poverty reduction program, Australian Foreign…
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West Asia
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below, unseen, from a window while watching clashes with riot police in Diraz, Bahrain, on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Clashes erupted after a politically charged mourning procession for a man who died earlier in the week. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali>
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi meets with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Mohammed Morsi greeting a girl after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, right, received him at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday to meet the country’s President Omar al-Bashir.…
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South Asia
Pakistani President prays over the late Bhutto’s grave on his death anniversary
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 4, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari prays over the grave of former Premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, father of Pakistan’s slain former Premier Benazir Bhutto, at the family mausoleum in southern Pakistan’s Garhi Khuda Bukash, on his death anniversary.…
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East Asia
N. Korea bars S. Korean workers from entering Kaesong industrial complex
South Korean trucks turn back their way as they were refused to enter North Korea’s city of Kaesong, at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Korean border authorities refused to allow entry to South Koreans…
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South East Asia
Malaysia PM dissolves parliament to hold national elections
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at an electrical shop in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Najib has dissolved Parliament to call for national elections expected later this month. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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